We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. Find several ideas – from our staff and friends at Mesa Recycles – recently posted to help you get crafty and celebate our planet. Additionally, we compiled a few more ideas featured on our iArt page, which...
Love music? Week of the Young Child (WOYC) takes place in April, and communities in Arizona celebrate typically with a variety of activities to spotlight early learning and the educators who support the positive development of young children. Our efforts at the museum...
Who doesn’t love plants? Plants provide us with food, clean air and beauty! We can find an entire spectrum of colors in the blooming spring desert. Use this science lesson today or any day to inquire about the plants around us – maybe try it Monday (April 10)...
It’s Draw a Bird Day on social media, and we’re taking a moment to connect to nature with a cooperative lesson that offers you an opportunity to unwind, make art and work together. Getting started First, some book recommendations: How to Draw a Picture of a Bird...
It’s International Children’s Book Day. So why are we suggesting poetry? This special day is tied to Hans Christian Andersen (click link to read short biography), who was not only known as a children’s book and fairytale writer, but also a poet. So we asked local...
Change up your morning routine on April Fools’ Day with a little colorful fun. Note: This is also fun to do around the 4th of July. This experiment with milk will be a blast for your kids! And they can get a mini science lesson about surface tension and liquids,...
